Joo Hyun-myeong (born 31 May 1997) is a South Korean

racewalker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

. He won the bronze medal in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games (), and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, were a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 201 ...

held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Career

In 2016, he competed in the men's 10,000 metres walk at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He finished in 22nd place. In 2017, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北201 ...

held in Taipei, Taiwan. He finished in 11th place. In 2019, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the

2019 Summer Universiade The 2019 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXX Summer Universiade () and also known as Naples 2019, or Napoli 2019, was held in Naples, Italy, between 3 and 14 July 2019. It was initially scheduled for Brasília, Brazil in July 201 ...

held in Naples, Italy and he won the silver medal in the team event.

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* 1997 births Living people South Korean male race walkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Korea Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade 21st-century South Korean sportsmen Asian Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{SouthKorea-athletics-bio-stub